Spenser and the Poetics of Pastoral: A Study of the World of Colin CloutThe Shepheardes Calender (1579) signalled Spenser's desire to assume the role of an English Virgil and at the same time his readiness to leave behind the pastoral world of his apprenticeship and his early persona, Colin Clout. Yet Spenser was twice to return to the pastoral world of Colin Clout, first in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (written 1591, published 1595), and then again in the sixth and last complete book of The Faerie Queene. In Spenser and the Poetics of Pastoral, David Shore considers the structure of the moral eclogues of the Calender as it defines the pastoral vision that informs and unifies the entire poem. He then examines the themes of poetic idealism and courtly corruption in Colin Clout and sees in their confrontation Spenser's questioning of the public foundations of the poet's heroic endeavour. Finally, he considers Calidore's pastoral retreat in The Faerie Queene and finds in it support for the argument that Spenser's greatest poem is essentially complete. Pastoral is a highly self-conscious genre, especially in Spenser's explorations of the imaginative world of Colin Clout. By bringing together Spenser's three versions of that world, Spenser and the Poetics of Pastoral contributes to a richer appreciation of the pastoral works themselves and to a better understanding of the shape of Spenser's literary career as a whole. |
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... Clouts Come Home Againe 105 1 The Shepherd and His Song 105 2 Ideal and Reality 113 3 The Poet of Love's Perfection 125 IV Pastoral and the End of Epic in The Faerie Queene 132 1 The Pastoral Retreat 132 2 The Heroic Image 146 Contents.
... Clouts Come Home Againe 105 1 The Shepherd and His Song 105 2 Ideal and Reality 113 3 The Poet of Love's Perfection 125 IV Pastoral and the End of Epic in The Faerie Queene 132 1 The Pastoral Retreat 132 2 The Heroic Image 146 Contents.
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... song of joy , of harmonies which transcend the misfortunes of temporal existence : Pype jolly shepheard , pype thou now apace Unto thy love , that made thee low to lout : Thy love is present there with thee in place , Thy love is there ...
... song of joy , of harmonies which transcend the misfortunes of temporal existence : Pype jolly shepheard , pype thou now apace Unto thy love , that made thee low to lout : Thy love is present there with thee in place , Thy love is there ...
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... song than the tuneful splashing of that waterfall among the rocks . 29 Theocritus ' herdsmen occupy an enduring imaginative landscape , one that is glimpsed in every re - creation of pastoral recreation . At the heart of Sidney's ...
... song than the tuneful splashing of that waterfall among the rocks . 29 Theocritus ' herdsmen occupy an enduring imaginative landscape , one that is glimpsed in every re - creation of pastoral recreation . At the heart of Sidney's ...
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... song , one which speaks of frustrated love , of evil or ambition , of time and of death ( et in Arcadia ego- the hint is present even in the above - quoted lines from Sidney's Arcadia ) . Usually the discord is resolved and harmony re ...
... song , one which speaks of frustrated love , of evil or ambition , of time and of death ( et in Arcadia ego- the hint is present even in the above - quoted lines from Sidney's Arcadia ) . Usually the discord is resolved and harmony re ...
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Contents
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The Shepheardes Calender The Pastoral Image | 68 |
Spensers Return to Pastoral in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe | 105 |
Pastoral and the End of Epic in The Faerie Queene | 132 |
Notes | 171 |
Index | 189 |
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